The ice sang plaintively.

The chorus sang plaintively of their long hours in the shop, and short nights in the attics above.

A folk singer sang plaintively for young adults.

A piano bar journeyman sang plaintively for older adults.

It wasn't until nearly the end of the work that the solo viola line, played by Steffanie Griffin, was able to sing freely and plaintively on its own.

They sang plaintively of Barbara Allen although none of them had even known of unrequited love.

The night bird still sang plaintively in the woods.

Here the cello line sings plaintively over a sharp-edged keyboard accompaniment, and as in "Moto," the interaction creates its own peculiar sparks.

Richie Havens sings plaintively in a travel ad.

Ms. Orton plaintively sang, "If I never saw the sunshine, baby, then maybe I wouldn't mind the rain."